My practice areas.

I’m a barrister practising mainly in commercial and public law.

I practise broadly across these areas, but have special interests in the commercial areas of class actions and trade practices, and in the public law areas of immigration, freedom of information and discrimination.

I also appear for defendants in criminal matters.

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Commercial law

Commercial law is a general description for legal disputes having anything to do with business.

I advise and appear in most commercial law matters, including:

contract disputes

negligence and other torts

consumer protection and competition law

insolvency

securities and corporations

regulatory disputes

Public law

Public law regulates the relationship between the government and the people.

I advise and appear in most public law areas, including:

migration (including as a registered migration agent in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal)

human rights

freedom of information

privacy

tort

administrative law generally, including merits and judicial review

Crime

The criminal law work that I do is generally related to my human rights public law work.

My focus is on criminal matters:

briefed by community legal centres acting for a person who is socially disadvantaged; or

where there is an issue relating to civil or human rights, including questions about the conduct of arresting and investigating authorities.